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Labor Leader Trumka To Testify Against "Reform" Bill Deemed "TARP on Steroids"

Mike Elk | Posted 10.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Bailout, Showdown in Chicago, Barney Frank, Wall Street, Tarp, Ed Yingling, Republic Windows and Doors Chicago, Richard Trumka, Politics News

As Congressman Sherman put it, the current legislation meant to reform Wall Street would actually be like "TARP on steroids."

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Biden In Chicago For Urban Forum, Visit To Occupied Factory

AP | Posted 05.28.2009 | Chicago

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UPDATE 6:00 P.M. CHICAGO (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden on Monday visited a reopened Chicago window factory that had been a symbol of the plight of...

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Republic Windows Broke Federal Labor Law

Chi-Town Daily News | FERNANDO DIAZ | Posted 04.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Republic Windows and Doors Lay Offs, Chicago Factory Sit-In, Republic Windows Labor Law, Republic Windows and Doors Chicago, Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

The National Labor Relations Board's regional director has found Republic Doors and Windows violated federal labor law in closing the company's Goose ...

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Republic Windows Employees Get Settlement Checks

CBS | Posted 01.19.2009 | Chicago

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William Brandt Jr., president and CEO of Development Specialists Inc., hands out settlement checks to the more than 250 Republic Windows and Doors emp...

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Aldermen Want Republic Windows To Return City Tax Subsidies

Chicago Tribune | Dan Mihalopoulos | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago

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Chicago Ald. Manuel Flores (1st) and Scott Waguespack (32nd) today introduced legislation directing the Daley administration to consider recouping tax...

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Chicago Protest Workers Celebrate Victory

Progress Illinois | Josh Kalven | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago

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On Monday night, labor leaders, organizers, and workers from the closed plant gathered on Chicago's West Side to celebrate the success of the Republic...

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Republic Workers Calmed Racial Tensions Before Sit-In

Chicago Public Radio | Chip Mitchell | Posted 01.17.2009 | Chicago

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A sit-in by laid-off employees of a Chicago window company this month sparked international attention. Republic Windows and Doors had closed with only...

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Republic Windows And Doors Files For Bankruptcy

AP | Posted 01.16.2009 | Chicago

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The Chicago factory where workers staged a sit-in after they were abruptly laid off has filed for bankruptcy. Republic Windows & Doors Inc. chief exe...

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What the Republic Victory Means

Curtis Black | Posted 01.15.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Blagojevich, Obama, Wall Street Bailout, Labor, Tif, Green Jobs, Economy, Republic Windows and Doors Chicago, JPMorgan Chase, Chicago Factory Sit-In, Bank of America, Bill Daley, Obama Transition, Sit-in Republic Windows and Doors, Chicago News

The victory of the Republic Windows and Doors workers demonstrates the value of militant action by labor in addressing the economic crisis.

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Chicago Sit-In Workers Hope To Inspire Labor Movement

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — They've taken their sleeping bags and pillows back home and hauled away their protest placards after ending a nearly weeklong sit-in a...

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Keeping Score In Chicago Episode 6: Hey Buddy, Can You Spare $34 Gazillion?

Mark Konkol and Todd Fooks | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Brian Urlacher, Chicago Factory Sit-In, Urlacher Baby Momma, Chicago Podcasts, Mayor Daley, Chicago Parking Meters, Chicago Factory Protest, Keeping Score in Chicago, Chicago Music Podcasts, Chicago Parking Meter Deal, Republic Windows and Doors Chicago, Chicago News

This week we're talking about the great Goose Island Sit-in at Republic Windows and Doors, Brian Urlacher's baby momma drama and selling Chicago's parking meters (thanks a ton, Mayor Daley).

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Workers End Protest At Closed Chicago Factory

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.11.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — They've taken their sleeping bags and pillows back home and hauled away their protest placards after ending a nearly weeklong sit-in a...

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Republic Workers Continue Protest As New Creditor Emerges

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.10.2009 | Chicago

CHICAGO — Workers have approved a $1.75 million agreement, ending a sit-in that lasted six days at a Chicago window and door factory. U.S. Rep....

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Laid Off Workers Occupying Chicago Factory Win Big Round Against Bank Of America

AP | MICHAEL TARM | Posted 01.09.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — The creditor of a Chicago plant where laid-off employees are conducting a sit-in to demand severance pay said Tuesday it would extend ...

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Chicago Factory Workers Protest (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2009 | Chicago

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UPDATE A meeting to resolve the sit-in Monday night ended without success, but representatives from Bank of America, Republic and the union agreed t...

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Laid Off Workers Refuse To Leave Chicago Factory

AP | RUPA SHENOY | Posted 01.06.2009 | Chicago

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CHICAGO — Workers who got three days' notice that their factory was shutting its doors have occupied the building and say they won't go home wit...

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Laid Off Workers Stage Sit-In At Shuttered Plant

CBS 2 | Posted 01.05.2009 | Chicago

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Workers have staged a sit-in at the now-shuttered Republic Windows and Doors plant on Goose Island, angry that Bank of America has cut the company off...

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Laid Off Workers Seek Bailout For Ailing Chicago Manufacturer

Chi-Town Daily News | Megan Cottrell | Posted 01.04.2009 | Chicago

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"They got bailed out! We got sold out!" That was the cry of workers yesterday protesting the closing of Republic Windows and Doors at the Bank of Ame...

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